daughters, it mentions the numerous massacres which the Jewish nation has suffered every age, and the role their women and girls have played in dissolute human life.

And you will indeed find them, of all people, most greedy of life.(2:96) ∗ And you see many of them racing each other in sin and rancour, and their eating of things forbidden. Evil indeed are the things they do.(5:62) ∗ But they [ever] strive to do mischief on earth. And God loves not those who do mischief.(5:64) ∗ And We gave [clear] warning to the Children of Israel in the Book, that twice they would do mischief on the earth.(17:4) ∗ And do no evil nor mischief on the earth.(2:60)

These two statements of the Qur’an directed at the Jews, comprise the two fearsome general rules, that their nation hatches plots in human social life with their trickery. For they have shaken human society by making labour contest capital and causing the poor to clash with the rich by founding banks through usury and compound interest, and amassing wealth through wiles and fraud. Moreover, it was again that nation who, in order to take their revenge on the victors and governments under which they had suffered deprivation and oppression, were involved in every sort of corrupting covert organization and had a finger in every sort of revolution.

And, for example:

Then seek ye for death.(2:94)

That is, “If what you say is true, seek death, but you won’t seek it!” Thus, regarding a minor incident in a small gathering in the presence of the Prophet (UWBP), it points out that the Jewish nation, which is famous among the nations of mankind for its greed for life and fear of death, will not, according to its tongue of disposition, seek death till Doomsday and will not give up its greed for life.

And, for example:

Thus they were stamped with humiliation and indigence.(2:61)

With this, it describes generally that nation’s future destiny. It is because of these fearsome rules governing the destiny and character of this nation that the Qur’an acts so severely against them. It deals them awesomely punishing blows. You may draw analogies from these examples with the other stories and passages about Moses (Upon whom be peace) and the Children of Israel. There are very many flashes of miraculousness like the flash in this Fourth Glow behind the simple words and specific subjects of the Qur’an. A hint is enough for the wise.

##### Fifth Glow

Fifth Glow: This is the Qur’an’s extraordinary comprehensiveness in